Systematics of African species of the genera Trichogramma Westwood and Trichogrammatoidea Girault (Hym. Trichogrammatidae)

The known African species of the genera Trichogramma and Trichogrammatoidea are listed and their validity is discussed. Three new species, Trichogramma bourarachae sp. nov., T. bournieri sp. nov. and T. mandelai sp. nov., are described. Their respective hosts are the noctuid Helicoverpa armigera, the pyralid Chilo partellus and another noctuid Diparopsis watersi.